Max Irons
{{Short description|British actor (born 1985)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Max Irons
| image = Max Irons (15822521657).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Irons in 2014.
| birth_name = Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1985|10|17}}
| birth_place = London, England
| citizenship = {{hlist|United Kingdom|Ireland}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|model}}
| alma_mater = Guildhall School of Music and Drama
| years_active = 2004–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Sophie Pera
|2019}}
| children = 1
| father = Jeremy Irons
| mother = Sinéad Cusack
| relatives = {{plainlist|
- Cyril Cusack (grandfather)
- Richard Boyd Barrett (half-brother)
- Sorcha Cusack (aunt)
- Niamh Cusack (aunt)
- Catherine Cusack (aunt)
- Pádraig Cusack (uncle)
- Calam Lynch (cousin)
}}
}}
Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons (born 17 October 1985) is an English and Irish actor.{{cite news |title=Questions and Answers With 'The Host' Star Max Irons |newspaper=Nextmovie |url=http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/max-irons-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608183040/http://www.mtv.com/news/2815342/max-irons-interview |archive-date=8 June 2017 |access-date=24 March 2014 |publisher=Next Movie}} He is known for his roles in films such as Red Riding Hood (2011), The White Queen (2013), The Host (2013), Woman in Gold (2014), The Riot Club (2014), Bitter Harvest (2017), and The Wife (2018).{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23931082-irons-man-two-max-irons-on-his-new-life-as-a-hollywood-heart-throb.do |title=Irons man two: Max Irons on his new life as a Hollywood heart-throb |work=London Evening Standard |date=11 March 2011 |access-date=7 October 2011 |author=Godwin, Richard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320052817/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23931082-irons-man-two-max-irons-on-his-new-life-as-a-hollywood-heart-throb.do |archive-date=20 March 2011 |url-status=dead}} He also starred in the spy thriller series Condor (2018–2020).
Early life
Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons was born in the London Borough of CamdenBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com on 17 October 1985,{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/90/Jeremy-Irons.html |title=Jeremy Irons Biography (1948–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=14 June 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/biographies/max-irons |title=Celebrity A-Z: Max Irons |work=Glamour |access-date=4 February 2013}} the son of Irish actress Sinéad Cusack and English actor Jeremy Irons. He has an older brother, Samuel Irons, who is a photographer. Their mother's family was deeply involved with theatre: they are the grandsons of actors Cyril Cusack and Maureen Cusack.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10125499|title=King of all his castles|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=14 May 2005|access-date=9 September 2010|first=Elaine|last=Lipworth |quote=...their sons Sam, 27, and Max, 19.}} Through his mother, Irons is a half-brother of politician Richard Boyd Barrett; his aunts are the actresses Niamh Cusack and Sorcha Cusack, and his uncle is theatre producer Pádraig Cusack.
Irons attended the Dragon School in Oxford,{{cite news |title=OD News |work=The OD |agency=Dragon School |volume=1 |year=2011 |page=22}} and Bryanston School in Dorset,{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/max-irons-work-with-my-father-thats-worst-my-nightmare-8660464.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/max-irons-work-with-my-father-thats-worst-my-nightmare-8660464.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Max Irons: 'Work with my father? That's my worst nightmare' |newspaper=The Independent |first=Gerard |last=Gilbert |date=16 June 2013 |access-date=21 April 2014}} before finishing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he graduated in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/archived/graduates_2007_8/max_irons.html |title=Maximilian Irons |access-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927030441/http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/archived/graduates_2007_8/max_irons.html |archive-date=27 September 2011}} He was dyslexic and struggled in school, as the teaching methods did not suit his learning style. His father discouraged him from going into an acting career.{{cite web|title=Irons 'scared' about sex scenes|url=http://tv.uk.msn.com/news/irons-scared-about-sex-scenes-1|publisher=MSN|access-date=30 May 2014|date=16 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531130536/http://tv.uk.msn.com/news/irons-scared-about-sex-scenes-1|archive-date=31 May 2014|url-status=dead}} While first starting off in acting, Irons worked as a barman.{{cite web|url=http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20130816/ENTERTAINMENT02/308160009/Hollywood-royalty-Max-Irons-plays-King-Edward-IV-in-the-miniseries-The-White-Queen|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130831051033/http://www.usaweekend.com/article/20130816/ENTERTAINMENT02/308160009/Hollywood-royalty-Max-Irons-plays-King-Edward-IV-in-the-miniseries-The-White-Queen|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2013|title=Max Irons is Hollywood royalty|date=15 August 2013|access-date=31 August 2013|work=USA Weekend}}
Career
=Acting=
In 2011, Irons played Henry in Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood.{{cite web|title=Max Factor: Max Irons|url=http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/reviews/max-irons-red-riding-hood|work=Elle|access-date=30 May 2014|author=Nicole Berrie|date=9 February 2011}} He was chosen to play Jared Howe in the 2013 film adaptation of The Host, based on Stephenie Meyer's science fiction novel of the same name.{{cite web|title='The Host' Director Andrew Niccol Recalls the Moment Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons Became Melanie and Jared|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/host-director-andrew-niccol-recalls-430918|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=30 May 2014|author=Sophie Schillaci|date=26 March 2013}}
In the 2013 television series The White Queen, Irons took the leading role of Edward IV of England.{{cite news|title=Max Irons on The White Queen and why he couldn't do another Hollywood teen flick|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10121168/Max-Irons-on-The-White-Queen-and-why-he-couldnt-do-another-Hollywood-teen-flick.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=30 May 2014|author=Chris Harvey|date=16 June 2013}} The series, based on Philippa Gregory's best-selling historical novel series The Cousins' War, was broadcast weekly on BBC One, ending on 18 August 2013.{{cite web|title=MIPTV: 'The White Queen' Star Max Irons Talks Power, Moats and Meeting Prince William|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/white-queen-star-max-irons-437357|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=30 May 2014|author=Rhonda Richford|date=11 April 2013}} Irons appeared in The Riot Club (2014), the film adaptation of the play Posh.{{cite web|title=Max Irons shooting new film Posh in Oxford|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-07-01/max-irons-shooting-new-film-posh-in-oxford|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 May 2014|date=1 July 2013}} In 2016, he starred in the ITV miniseries Tutankhamun as archeologist Howard Carter. In April 2017, producers announced Irons had been cast to play Joe Turner, the role created by Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor (1975), in a television series based on the movie. He also joined Lifetime's movie adaptation of Flowers in the Attic.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/lifetime-flowers-in-the-attic-prequel-miniseries-jemima-rooper-max-irons-kelsey-grammer-harry-hamlin-1234816321/|title=Lifetime Greenlights 'Flowers In The Attic' Prequel Miniseries With Jemima Rooper, Max Irons, Kelsey Grammer, Harry Hamlin, Moren|publisher=Deadline|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=17 August 2021}}
That year he starred in the film Crooked House (2017), based on a 1949 novel by Agatha Christie of the same name. Terence Stamp, Glenn Close, Gillian Anderson, and Stefanie Martini also are among the large cast in the film.
=Modelling=
Irons has modelled for companies including Burberry and Mango.{{cite news|title=The People Who Really Matter|url=http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/i/max-irons|newspaper=Tatler}} As of 2012, he was on a modelling contract for Macy's I.N.C. collection for Fall/Winter 2012.Daniel Garofali, HuffPost. Interview With 'The Host' Actor, Max Irons Launching INC by Macy's (Video), by Daniel Garofali. Posted: 15 August 2012. In 2015, he was named one of GQ{{'}}s 50 best-dressed British men.{{cite news|title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015/ |work=GQ |date=5 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107145128/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015 |archive-date=7 January 2015}}
Personal life
In 2013, Irons began dating Tatler fashion director Sophie Pera.{{cite news |title=Get to Know Scion of the Week Max Irons |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/max-irons-jeremy-irons-son/ |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=W Magazine |language=en}} They were married in Oxfordshire on 30 November 2019.{{cite news |last=Pera |first=Sophie |title=Le Rêve! Sophie Pera's spectacular couture wedding dress |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/sophie-pera-haute-couture-wedding-dress |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=Tatler}} The couple had a daughter in 2023.{{Cite Instagram|postid=CoaRXLZtiTb|user=sophiepera|title=⭐️Say Hello To My Little Friend⭐️Due any day now …. 🎈|date=February 9, 2023|author=Sophie Pera}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 2004
| Curtain Call Boy |
| 2009
| Lucius |
| 2011
| Henry |
| 2013
| The Host | Jared Howe |
| 2014
| Miles Richards |
| 2015 |
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Yuri |
| The Wife
| David Castleman |
| Crooked House |
| 2018
| Terminal | Alfred |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Tommy Pasqualino | 3 episodes |
| 2013
| Miniseries; 9 episodes |
| 2016
| Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 2018
| Al | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2018–2020
| Condor | Joe Turner | Lead role |
| 2022
| Flowers in the Attic: The Origin | Malcolm Foxworth |
| 2025
| Filming |
| 2025
| Mr Henry Hobday |
References
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{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mira-sorvino-star-three-days-condor-remake-990524 |title=Mira Sorvino to Star in Audience Network's 'Three Days of the Condor' Remake |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |author=Kate Stanhope |date=3 April 2017 |access-date=2 June 2017 |quote=Titled simply Condor, the drama follows Joe Turner (Max Irons), a young CIA analyst whose idealism is tested when he stumbles onto a terrible but brilliant plan that threatens the lives of millions. Sorvino will play Marty Frost, an investigator who has come out of retirement to take over after an attack at Turner's office.}}
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1796057}}
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Category:British people of Irish descent
Category:Cusack family (Ireland)
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